Life — September 7, 1899 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. LIDRA—SRPTEMCER, and mothers, aunts, elder sisters, and even chance visitors are kept hard at work all evening trying to find out the cost of a few pitiful gallons of molasses, most of which seems to have leaked out of the barrels, while the remainder is eold for any price the unfortunate grocer can get for it, Or perhaps merchant has bought sixty pounds of coffee for fifteen dollars and a half, and has spent all his profits on three yards and a quar- ter of velvet at two dollars and ninety- cight cents a yard—his wife fancying it a bargain—and now, being plainly weak- minded, he wants to know how much more he got for his coffee than he paid for it, and I—I, who never sold a pound of groccries in my life—am expected to tell him, To give such “examples” to little scholars, cleven and twelve years old, whose minds are in a state of chaotic confusion, is foolish and cruel, and the society which exists for the protcction of children should hasten to their rescue. As for the unfortunate adults in whose behalf no philanthropist offers a plea, our only hope Hes in revolutionary meth- ods; in a new system which will permit school work to be done, as it should be TO THE WINNER.” done, in school, and will limit home labor tothe mere hearing of recitationsand mak- ing out of reports. Then will the parent be light of heart, and he will bless the widespread knowledge of the world, instead of sympathizing with the little girl who wished she had been born in the reign of Charles II., when ‘‘educa- tion was much neglected " Agnes Repplier. AID Flora McUttor McEvilish, “Twill tell you the truth—on the levilish T'm quite proper—no joking! It is only when smoking That [ feel just too utterly devilish 1" comicbooks.com